DR. MOHAMMED ABDO HASHEM ALI

Dr. Mohammed Abdo Hashem is currently working as Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) with the department of Mechanical Engineering at Faculty of Engineering in University of Malaya starting from April 2021-Onwards.  He has a quite long experience in teaching courses in the fields of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering for more than 8 years. Besides that, he was working as engineer in several industrial companies for more 3 years. In 2015, He was appointed as a senior lecturer and leader of control, software and automation teaching & research groups, in the Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, where he led many research and teaching activities during the period of appointment between 2015 and 2021.  In the research, a total of four patents have been granted to his novel research and products, namely; laser simulator approach for path planning, intelligent spanner and the autonomous road marks painting system version 1&2; with furthermore publishing more than 60 papers in high indexed ISI journals, Scopus, chapters and conferences. He recieved more than 12 grants as leader from MOHE (1FRGS and 1 PRGS) and Universiti Malaysia Pahang (8 RDU grants).  His research interests include, but are not limited to the following areas: Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation, Artificial Intelligence, Robot Path Planning, SLAM, Industrial Robotics, Mobile Manipulators, Sensors Fusion, Mechatronics Systems, Automation and IR.4, Intelligent Active Force Control, Signal and Image Processing. He is currently working, in his research group, on developing a novel AI algorithm, called laser simulator logic, that helps to avoid the drawbacks of current fuzzy logic type 1 and 2, especially in the noisy environments of industrial systems.     

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DR. HAEZREENA BEGUM BINTI ABDUL HAMID

Dr. Haezreena is a Criminologist and a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University Malaya. She was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1997 and has extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation. Her specialization includes; human trafficking, criminology, incarceration, gender, women's rights, terrorism and violent extremism, serious crimes, and criminal justice. Given her extensive experience in anti-trafficking and human rights initiatives, Dr Haezreena was awarded a Grant by the United States Embassy of Kuala Lumpur in 2022 to conduct capacity building training for law enforcement officials and Protection Officers. She was also accorded a recognition for her role in elevating Malaysia to Tier Level 2 in the United States Trafficking in Persons Report by the Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Seri Saifuddion Nasution in 2024. Dr Haezreena also received a Grant from ESIWA/EU (with the assistance of E8, Counter-Terrorism, PDRM) to interview returnees and ex-detainees from Syria and Afghanistan. Dr Haezreena was recently appointed by the Royal Malaysia Police to evaluate and assess two former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were affiliated with the Bali and Jakarta Bombings in 2002/2003. Dr Haezreena spent hundreds of hours with them and observed and evaluated their likelihood and propensity to re-offend, subsequently preparing a detailed report and recommendations for the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA). She has completed three separate projects which requires interviews and fieldwork. This includes spending thousands of hours interviewing 70 women prisoners across 6 prisons in Malaysia, 40 trafficked victims in shelters, and returnees and ex-detainees from Syria/Afghanistan who lived in conflict zones and were associated with terrorist groups. Her current achievement is her appointment as an expert for individuals charged with terrorism and terrorism related offences as well as the high profile GISBH case.  Dr Haezreena is guided by the works of Michael Foucalt who addresses the relationship between power and knowledge, and theorists such as Sandra Walklate and Nils Christie who believes that crime, offenders and victims are socially constructed.  Her thesis entitled 'Sex Trafficking: Victimisation and Agency: The Experiences of Migrant Women in Malaysia' received high praise from international scholars for its orginality and novelty. Her research did not only bring women’s voices and lived experience to the forefront but also revealed the women’s outlooks, vulnerabilities, and aspirations in order to improve the treatment of victims of trafficking. Dr Haezreena describes herself as a post-colonial theorist and a socio-legal scholar who thrives to uphold human rights and justice without fear or favour. Using her legal background and her criminological knowledge as her forefront, she strives to understand the fabrics of the society and make sense of the problems and dilemma faced by individuals from all walks of life. She is currently exploring the criminological theories that can be applied to terrorism, and the oscillation of victim to perpetrator to survivor.  Dr Haezreena has written books on trafficking in persons which are now used as a source and reference for enforcement officers and protection officers, as well as researchers. She has also written numerous articles on the continuum of harm of trafficking, victim blaming, inequality, social justice issues, and gender disparities. Her works are often cited and referred to by local and international NGOs, and government agencies.  Dr Haezreena's won the Excellent Lecturer's Award Universiti Malaya in 2024 and was given a plaque and certificate of recognition by His Royal Highness Sultan Nazrin Shah, Perak. She was also accorded the Sijil Perkhidmatan Cemerlang by the Faculty of Law in 2023.   

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. HUSAINA BANU BT KENAYATHULLA

Dr. Husaina Banu Kenayathulla is an Associate Professor at Department of Educational Management, Planning and Policy. She obtained her PhD from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Dean (Postgraduate Studies). Her research interests include Education policy, Economics and Finance in education, Comparative and International education and Higher Education. She has published more than 60 peer-reviewed publications. Leadership experience includes Deputy Dean (Research and Enterprise), Head of Department, Chief Liaison Officer, Risk Manager, and Course Coordinator. Editorial experience includes positions such as Editor-in Chief, Associate Editor, Editorial Advisory Board Member, and Peer reviewer of education journals. Has co-edited a Special issue in the International Journal of Education Development. Latest book chapter is published by Springer Nature Singapore. Notable journal publications include papers in International Journal of Education Development, Asia Pacific Education Review, Heliyon and COMPARE: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. She has been invited as a speaker for panel sessions at various international conferences. She had been invited as a Panel Expert by UNESCO in projects such as Shadow Education, Micro certification, Artificial Intelligence,  Developing Subject Specific Quality Standards in the Asia Pacific region. She has been the Principal Investigator for grants at the national and international levels on School Finance, Digital Financial literacy, Financial Literacy, Employability, Internationalization, and Comparative & Higher Education projects. She is also a recipient of the SATU project in collaboration with National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan in Comparative and Sustainable Education Project. She has collaborated with Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia on entrepreneurship and sustainability projects. She is also involved as a Consultant for the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) project on Quality Education, Malaysian Ministry of Human Resource on Employability for TVET Graduates & Malaysian Ministry of Education for Policy on Lifelong Learning, Compulsory Education, and District Education Ranking Measures.

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